diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/rust/query.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/rust/query.ts
index f2ef4f4a0..ba20a436c 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/rust/query.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/rust/query.ts
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ const RUST_SCOPE_QUERY = `
   type_parameters: (type_parameters)? @declaration.type-parameters) @declaration.enum
 
 ;; Declarations — union
-;; Deliberately tagged @declaration.struct (→ Struct label), NOT a
-;; @declaration.union: every registry-primary resolution gate —
-;; isLinkableLabel (node-lookup.ts), CALLABLE_OR_TYPE_LIKE
-;; (finalize-algorithm.ts), ClassLikeNodeLabel (class-types.ts) — includes
-;; Struct but EXCLUDES Union, so a Union-labeled node would be an
-;; unresolvable orphan. A Rust union is a type whose literal is a real
-;; constructor, so Struct is both the resolvable and the semantically
-;; honest label here. #1934 F71.
+;; Tagged @declaration.struct (→ Struct label), NOT @declaration.union.
+;; Historically forced: the registry-primary gates (isLinkableLabel,
+;; CALLABLE_OR_TYPE_LIKE, ClassLikeNodeLabel) excluded Union, so a
+;; Union-labeled node was an unresolvable orphan (#1934 F71). Zig support
+;; widened all three for its union(enum) containers, so the label is now
+;; resolvable — Struct is kept here on the semantic argument alone (a Rust
+;; union is a type whose literal is a real constructor) and to leave the
+;; graph node ids of existing Rust indexes unchanged.
 (union_item
   name: (type_identifier) @declaration.name
   type_parameters: (type_parameters)? @declaration.type-parameters) @declaration.struct
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/graph-bridge/node-lookup.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/graph-bridge/node-lookup.ts
index 5099508e3..fb42f954b 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/graph-bridge/node-lookup.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/graph-bridge/node-lookup.ts
@@ -273,6 +273,15 @@ export const LINKABLE_LABELS: ReadonlySet<NodeLabel> = new Set<NodeLabel>([
   // are unreachable and label-agnostic fallback can alias it to a same-named
   // Constructor or Method (#2801).
   'Record',
+  // Union is linkable because Zig wires `union` / `union(enum)` as a member
+  // container: the definition phase emits HAS_METHOD / HAS_PROPERTY edges FROM
+  // the Union node (`union_declaration` in MEMBER_OWNER_NODE_TYPES) and the
+  // scope side dispatches methods on union receivers (`main → isEnergy` in
+  // test/integration/resolvers/zig.test.ts). Without this entry the schema
+  // never declares a `FROM Union` pair and `analyze` aborts on the first Zig
+  // repo that declares a union (reproduced on the zig-basic fixture itself).
+  // Also lets `Tag{ .energy = 5 }` constructor references bridge to the node.
+  'Union',
   // Trait nodes are linkable so MRO builders can bridge PHP/Rust trait
   // defs between scope-resolution DefIds and the graph's node ids.
   // IMPLEMENTS edges from classes to traits are otherwise invisible to
@@ -288,8 +297,8 @@ export const LINKABLE_LABELS: ReadonlySet<NodeLabel> = new Set<NodeLabel>([
   //
   // Covers every language that spells an alias this way — TypeScript, Kotlin,
   // Dart and Rust all emit `@declaration.type_alias`. The remaining
-  // `CLASS_KINDS` entries (Typedef, Record, Union, Delegate, Annotation,
-  // Template) plausibly have the same gap, but nothing exercises them today
+  // `CLASS_KINDS` entries (Typedef, Delegate, Annotation, Template) plausibly
+  // have the same gap, but nothing exercises them today
   // and adding labels no test covers is how this list drifts out of sync with
   // what it claims.
   'TypeAlias',
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/lbug/schema.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/lbug/schema.ts
index 11471f2e6..5722d0c75 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/lbug/schema.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/lbug/schema.ts
@@ -420,14 +420,14 @@ const ATTACHMENT_TARGET_LABELS: readonly NodeTableName[] = [
 ];
 
 /**
- * The 69 pairs NEITHER rule above generates — everything left after the two
+ * The 66 pairs NEITHER rule above generates — everything left after the two
  * cross products are subtracted. Carried by CONTAINMENT, inheritance, imports
  * and DI: a container label crossed with a contained label. No predicate
  * describes that surface (any container can hold any definition).
  *
  * What survives here is characteristic, not arbitrary. Almost all of it is a
  * TARGET no rule reaches — `CodeElement`, `Impl`, `Namespace`, `Template`,
- * `Typedef`, `Union`, `Static`, `Section`, `Folder` are in neither
+ * `Typedef`, `Static`, `Section`, `Folder` are in neither
  * `SCOPE_BRIDGE_TARGET_LABELS` nor {@link ATTACHMENT_TARGET_LABELS} — plus the
  * `Impl|*` and `Template|*` member rows (Rust `impl`/`trait` bodies, C++
  * templates), the two `Route|Process` / `Tool|Process` entry points whose
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ const ATTACHMENT_TARGET_LABELS: readonly NodeTableName[] = [
  * from it and so moves with any change to it.
  *
  * Folding this remainder into a third cross product
- * (`DEFINITION_ANCHOR_LABELS × {CodeElement, Section, Typedef, Union,
+ * (`DEFINITION_ANCHOR_LABELS × {CodeElement, Section, Typedef,
  * Namespace, Impl, TypeAlias, Static, Template}`) would take the table to 641
  * pairs and leave only ~29 lines here. `bench/schema-pairs` measures 641 at
  * 1.22–1.43× on the historical reference box; current production's 461 pairs
@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ const ATTACHMENT_TARGET_LABELS: readonly NodeTableName[] = [
 export const STRUCTURAL_PAIR_DDL = `  FROM File TO Folder,
   FROM File TO CodeElement,
   FROM File TO \`Typedef\`,
-  FROM File TO \`Union\`,
   FROM File TO \`Namespace\`,
   FROM File TO \`Impl\`,
   FROM File TO \`Static\`,
@@ -484,11 +483,9 @@ export const STRUCTURAL_PAIR_DDL = `  FROM File TO Folder,
   FROM Function TO \`Namespace\`,
   FROM Function TO \`Impl\`,
   FROM Function TO \`Typedef\`,
-  FROM Function TO \`Union\`,
   FROM Function TO CodeElement,
   FROM Class TO \`Template\`,
   FROM Class TO \`Impl\`,
-  FROM Class TO \`Union\`,
   FROM Class TO \`Namespace\`,
   FROM Class TO \`Typedef\`,
   FROM Class TO CodeElement,
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/build.zig b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8cd1de4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+    const geo = b.dependency("geo", .{});
+    const exe = b.addExecutable(.{ .name = "idioms", .root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig") });
+    exe.root_module.addImport("geo", geo.module("geo"));
+    b.installArtifact(exe);
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/build.zig.zon b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/build.zig.zon
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..893a67db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/build.zig.zon
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+.{
+    .name = .idioms,
+    .version = "0.1.0",
+    .fingerprint = 0x9a2f1c4e7b3d5061,
+    .minimum_zig_version = "0.14.0",
+    .dependencies = .{
+        // Library laid out by `zig init` ≥ 0.12: src/root.zig, declared in its build.zig.
+        .geo = .{ .path = "libs/geo" },
+        // Older convention: src/<name>.zig, no addModule in build.zig.
+        .oldlib = .{ .path = "libs/oldlib" },
+        .remote = .{
+            .url = "https://example.invalid/remote.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "1220deadbeef",
+        },
+    },
+    .paths = .{ "build.zig", "build.zig.zon", "src" },
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/libs/geo/build.zig b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/libs/geo/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bb312416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/libs/geo/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+    _ = b.addModule("geo", .{ .root_source_file = b.path("src/root.zig") });
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/libs/geo/src/root.zig b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/libs/geo/src/root.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c113a647b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/libs/geo/src/root.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+pub fn area(w: u32, h: u32) u32 {
+    return w * h;
+}
+pub const Point = struct {
+    x: i32 = 0,
+    pub fn shift(self: *Point, dx: i32) void {
+        self.x += dx;
+    }
+};
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/libs/oldlib/src/oldlib.zig b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/libs/oldlib/src/oldlib.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbec66c9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/libs/oldlib/src/oldlib.zig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub fn legacy() void {}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/src/counter.zig b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/src/counter.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..557f01b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/src/counter.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+
+pub const VERSION: []const u8 = "1.0";
+pub var global_count: u32 = 0;
+pub const Err = error{ Oops, Bad };
+
+pub const Counter = struct {
+    const Self = @This();
+    count: u32 = 0,
+
+    pub fn init() Self {
+        return .{};
+    }
+    pub fn incr(self: *Self) void {
+        self.count += 1;
+    }
+    pub fn get(self: *const @This()) u32 {
+        return self.count;
+    }
+    pub fn twice(self: *Self) void {
+        self.incr();
+        self.incr();
+    }
+};
+
+/// Generic type constructor — Zig's only spelling of a generic type.
+pub fn Stack(comptime T: type) type {
+    return struct {
+        const Self = @This();
+        items: []T = &.{},
+
+        pub fn init() Self {
+            return .{};
+        }
+        pub fn push(self: *Self, v: T) void {
+            _ = self;
+            _ = v;
+        }
+        pub fn top(self: Self) ?T {
+            _ = self;
+            return null;
+        }
+        pub fn clear(self: *Self) void {
+            self.items = &.{};
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/src/main.zig b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/src/main.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52c58bb43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/src/main.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const counter = @import("counter.zig");
+// Alias of a namespace member — the most common way to bring a type into scope.
+const Counter = counter.Counter;
+// Single-member import straight off @import.
+const Stack = @import("counter.zig").Stack;
+// build.zig.zon path deps: geo declares src/root.zig in its build.zig,
+// oldlib has no build.zig and relies on the src/<name>.zig convention.
+const geo = @import("geo");
+const oldlib = @import("oldlib");
+// Removed from the language in 0.15, still everywhere in 0.11–0.14 code.
+pub usingnamespace @import("mixin.zig");
+
+pub fn main() void {
+    // call-return inference: the receiver of the constructor call names the type
+    var a = Counter.init();
+    a.incr();
+    // annotation-only binding — `= undefined` and 0.14+ decl literals `.init` / `.empty`
+    var b: Counter = undefined;
+    b.twice();
+    const c: Counter = .init();
+    _ = c.get();
+    // struct-literal constructor through the alias
+    const d = Counter{};
+    _ = d.get();
+    // generic instantiation: literal, static call on the instantiation, annotation
+    var s = Stack(u8){};
+    s.push(1);
+    var t = Stack(u8).init();
+    _ = t.top();
+    const u: Stack(u16) = .init();
+    u.clear();
+    // path deps
+    _ = geo.area(2, 3);
+    var p = geo.Point{};
+    p.shift(1);
+    oldlib.legacy();
+    // statement assignments share the variable_declaration node type with
+    // declarations in tree-sitter-zig 1.1.2 — none of these is a binding.
+    counter.global_count = 5;
+    counter.global_count += 1;
+    _ = counter.VERSION;
+    a = Counter.init();
+    a.incr();
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/src/mixin.zig b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/src/mixin.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bb968a0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-idioms/src/mixin.zig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub fn mixed() void {}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/structural-pair-coverage.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/structural-pair-coverage.test.ts
index ffa76cee0..cfa1171b9 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/structural-pair-coverage.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/structural-pair-coverage.test.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import { FIXTURES, runPipelineFromRepo } from './resolvers/helpers.js';
 import { RELATION_SCHEMA } from '../../src/core/lbug/schema.js';
 import { parseRelationSchemaPairs, relPairKeyFor } from '../../src/core/lbug/rel-pair-routing.js';
 import { DIST_WORKER_URL, distWorkerExists } from '../helpers/worker-parse.js';
+import { isLanguageAvailable } from '../../src/core/tree-sitter/parser-loader.js';
+import { SupportedLanguages } from '../../src/config/supported-languages.js';
 
 vi.setConfig({ testTimeout: 180_000 });
 
@@ -156,6 +158,29 @@ const NON_BRIDGE_CORPUS = [
   },
 ] as const satisfies readonly CorpusEntry[];
 
+/**
+ * Same contract, for fixtures whose grammar is an npm optionalDependency and
+ * may be absent on the runner. Gated per language rather than per case so a
+ * missing grammar SKIPS (the pipeline drops the files by contract, and an
+ * empty emit would otherwise fail every sentinel for a reason that has
+ * nothing to do with the schema).
+ */
+const OPTIONAL_GRAMMAR_CORPUS = [
+  {
+    // Zig `union(enum)` is a member container: `union_declaration` sits in
+    // MEMBER_OWNER_NODE_TYPES, so the definition phase emits HAS_PROPERTY /
+    // HAS_METHOD FROM a `Union` node. Shipped once with `Union` off the
+    // generated grid — every resolver test passed on the in-memory graph while
+    // a real `analyze` of THIS fixture aborted at `assertDeclaredPair`
+    // (`Union|Property`). `Union` is now in `LINKABLE_LABELS`; take it out and
+    // both sentinels vanish from the DDL and this fails.
+    fixture: 'zig-basic',
+    language: SupportedLanguages.Zig,
+    emitter: 'zig union HAS_PROPERTY / HAS_METHOD',
+    sentinels: ['Union|Property', 'Union|Method'],
+  },
+] as const satisfies readonly (CorpusEntry & { readonly language: SupportedLanguages })[];
+
 /*
  * NOTE — why this suite runs its own pipelines instead of reusing the resolver
  * suites' graphs (measured, not assumed):
@@ -222,4 +247,16 @@ describeIfWorkerBuilt('RELATION_SCHEMA covers the non-bridge emitters', () => {
       }).toEqual({ undeclaredPairs: [], missingSentinelPairs: [] });
     },
   );
+
+  it.concurrent.each(OPTIONAL_GRAMMAR_CORPUS)(
+    '$fixture emits only declared FROM/TO pairs, and still reaches $emitter',
+    async ({ fixture, language, sentinels }, ctx) => {
+      if (!isLanguageAvailable(language)) ctx.skip();
+      const emitted = await pairsEmittedBy(fixture);
+      expect({
+        undeclaredPairs: [...emitted].filter((pair) => !DECLARED.has(pair)).sort(),
+        missingSentinelPairs: sentinels.filter((pair) => !emitted.has(pair)),
+      }).toEqual({ undeclaredPairs: [], missingSentinelPairs: [] });
+    },
+  );
 });